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New INXS song to be iTunes exclusive
I don't know if you watched Rockstar: INXS as religiously as I did (perhaps I shouldn't admit that), but they've finally selected their new lead singer and plan to release the resulting album in November. All along, the songs the contestants performed each week have been available for exclusive purchase via MSN's music service (in fact, the entire show was sponsored by MSN). I wondered if the resulting INXS album would make its way to iTunes, or if the MSN deal only pertained to the show, and not the band. It looks like the latter was true.The INXS single Pretty Vegas will be made available as an iTunes exclusive on October 4th. Whether or not I'll buy it is another story.
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James Stansfield said 3:26PM on 9-22-2005
I've got the track already! (One of the benefits to working in the industry...) It is awesome. I can't wait for the new album.
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iGuy Adventures said 4:11PM on 9-22-2005
I wounder if that is the reason they picked J.D. Marty is probably going to have better success by himself.
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Michael Bazzoni said 4:27PM on 9-22-2005
The Rockstar:INXS album is on iTunes not just MSN anymore, here is a link: https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/com.apple.jingle.app.finance.DirectAction/tellAFriend?playlistId=80603232
I also put an entry in my blog called Rockstar: Van Halen: http://bazzoni.blogspot.com/2005/09/next-on-cbs-rockstar-van-halen.html
That would be so cool!
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Clark Goble said 7:51PM on 9-22-2005
Is this the live version(s) which were widely dispersed on P2P networks or is it a new studio version?
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Sasha Van Twist said 7:35PM on 9-22-2005
Thanks for spoiling the finale for me. Did it not occur to you that there might be people in other countries watching this show who haven't seen the finale yet?? This show is being aired in more than just the US.
Here in the UK, the finale isn't being aired until Sunday. I was trying to stay spoiler-free until then, staying away from all music-related blogs on purpose, but I was not expecting to be spoiled by my favorite Apple blog. :(
You could at least have added a spoiler warning to the article or the subject so people like me would know not to read on.
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Alison said 8:25PM on 9-22-2005
Thanks for nothing!!! I too was trying to stay spoiler free - but now know the outcome. I'm with Sasha - there's MORE to the world than the United States you know! AND - it's NOT like viewers of RockStar INXS didn't know that!
That's seriously beyond annnoying!
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Clark Goble said 7:58PM on 9-22-2005
I think it was a fair assumption seeing how each night they played up voting in the Phillipines, Australia, Canada and so forth. There was that presumption that it was aired simultaneously everywhere.
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Dave Caolo said 7:55PM on 9-22-2005
In my defense, I didn't reveal the winner in the body of my post. I simply said, "they've finally selected their new lead singer." But I do guess I should have put a warning in parenthesis next to the hyperlink. I apologize.
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Dave Caolo said 7:59PM on 9-22-2005
Michael: You took the words out of my mouth. I've been wanting Rockstar: Van Halen since I first heard of the show. If you said to someone, "Name a rock band with lead singer problems," I bet 9 out of 10 would say Van Halen.
---WARNING--- I'M ABOUT TO DISCUSS THE FINALE. If you don't want to know, STOP READING NOW. You have been warned.
The strange thing is, on the last show, Brooke said Brooke said something like, "Log on for your chance to be on this stage next year?" Next year? There's going to be another season or Rockstar?
You're right, Van Halen is picture perfect for this show. As long as they can keep Ed off the sauce during taping ;)
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Sasha said 5:45AM on 9-23-2005
Dave: Yes fair enough, you didn't give away the name of the winner. But see the little picture in the post? See where it says Pretty Vegas under the logo? That alone told me who'd won. But thanks for the apologies anyways. :)
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Barry said 12:53PM on 9-25-2005
J.D. Fortune's Pretty Vegas, which was one of the 3 songs recorded by the 3 finalists with INXS, is already getting huge airplay on rock radio stations in J.D's home here in Nova Scotia. It is a studio version not a live version. It debuted on radio Sept 28th I believe, the next day after the show finished. Sounds great. No doubt there will be another show next year as the show is called Rockstar (followed by a colon)and a group's name. It could be any group name following that title.
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